Bug report #19385
Dependency paths including mutated vowels cannot be saved with crossplatform compatible relative paths ("/" vs "\")
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Low | ||
| Assignee: | - | ||
| Category: | OsX UI | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | 2.18.21 | Regression?: | No |
| Operating System: | Easy fix?: | No | |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | end of life |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | No | Copied to github as #: | 27213 |
Description
1. Built and saved a project on Mac OS 10.13.5 and QGIS 2.18.21
2. Tried to open it on Windows 10.0.17134 Build 17134 and QGIS 2.18.21.
The relative file paths that included mutated vowels were not saved crossplatform compatible. The paths were not valid because they were saved with "/" instead of "\". QGIS prompted me to search for the missing files.
e.g. "files/Höhlenrouten.shp" was not found, had to select in "files\Höhlenrouten.shp". Same with "files/Cafés.shp" vs "files\Cafés.shp".
3. After reselecting them on my Windows machine, exactly under the path qgis shows (but with windows backslashes) all of the files were found and the project loaded properly.
4. I had to burn the project with all dependencies on DVDs to hand them to my lecturer, so I decided to burn every DVD once for Windows and for Mac users since I did not know what he uses.
Same problem backwards. I have the same problem described above when trying to open the project from the "Windows CD" on my Mac machine, but the other way around with "\" instead of "/".
History
#1
Updated by Jürgen Fischer almost 6 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Feedback
Please test with QGIS 3.4 - QGIS 2.18 reached it's end of life.
#2
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 5 years ago
- Resolution set to end of life
- Status changed from Feedback to Closed
End of life notice: QGIS 2.18 LTR
Source:
http://blog.qgis.org/2019/03/09/end-of-life-notice-qgis-2-18-ltr/
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